‘Amazing’ Math Bridge Extended Beyond Fermat’s Last Theorem

Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser LANGLANDS PROGRAM   'Amazing' Math Bridge Extended Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem By ERICA KLARREICH Mathematicians have figured out how to expand the reach of a mysterious bridge connecting two distant continents in the mathematical world. Read the article Share Share Forward ABSTRACTIONS BLOG              (2018)   Robert Langlands, Mathematical Visionary, Wins the Abel Prize By KEVIN HARTNETT Read the blog MATHEMATICS                      (2018)   A Master of Numbers and Shapes Who Is Rewriting Arithmetic By ERICA KLARREICH Read the article THEORETICAL PHYSICS   Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math. By NATALIE WOLCHOVER The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers.  Read the article  Share Tweet Forward UNIVERSALITY(2019)   The Universal Law That Aims Time's Arrow By NATALIE WOLCHOVER    Read the article  ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Graced With Knowledge, Mathematicians Seek to Understand By KEVIN HARTNETT A landmark proof in computer science has also solved an important problem called the Connes embedding conjecture. Mathematicians are working to understand it. Read the blog Share Tweet Forward COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY   Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math By KEVIN HARTNETT   Read the article GENOMICS   Where Do New Genes Come From? By VIVIANE CALLIER In their search for sources of genetic novelty, researchers find that some "orphan genes" with no obvious ancestors evolve out of junk DNA, contrary to old assumptions. Read the article Share Tweet Forward EVOLUTION(2019)   New Hybrid Species Remix Old Genes Creatively By JONATHAN LAMBERT   Read the article THE JOY OF X   Moon Duchin on Fair Voting and Random Walks Hosted by STEVEN STROGATZ Can geometry save democracy from gerrymandering? Mathematician Moon Duchin discusses the possibilities with host Steven Strogatz on this week's podcast. Listen to the podcast Share Tweet Forward QUANTA SCIENCE PODCAST   Computer Scientists Expand the Frontier of Verifiable Knowledge Podcast produced by SUSAN VALOT; story by KEVIN HARTNETT The universe of problems that a computer can check has grown. The researchers' secret ingredient? Quantum entanglement. Listen to the podcast Share Tweet Forward Follow Quanta Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 Unsubscribe | About Quanta Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2020 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of Simons Foundation